Influence of dedicated heart failure clinics on delivery of recommended therapies in outpatient cardiology practices: Findings from the Registry to Improve the Use of Evidence-Based Heart Failure Therapies in the Outpatient Setting (IMPROVE HF)

American Heart Journal

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 238-244

  Albert, Nancy M ^a   Fonarow, Gregg C ^b   Yancy, Clyde W ^c   Curtis, Anne B ^d   Stough, Wendy Gattis ^e,f   Gheorghiade, Mihai ^g   Heywood, J Thomas ^h   McBride, Mark ⁱ   Mehra, Mandeep R ^j   O'Connor, Christopher M ^f   Reynolds, Dwight ^k   Walsh, Mary Norine ^l  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e Campbell University   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

ⁱ Outcome Sciences Inc   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^l Care Group   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVERSION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES;

EID: 75249091307     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.11.022     Document Type: Article

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